to refind
- verb
- /ˌriːˈfaɪnd/
- She managed to refind her favorite book after searching the entire house.
I was just curious, like, how did you guys refind each other?
- I was just curious, like, how did you guys refind each other?
- It's riddled with pain, divorce, heartbreak, turmoil, and having to reinvent and refind herself time and time again.
Examples
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"We want to refind the Valentine's spark because..."
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You and your partner try and finish this sentence: "We want to refind the Valentine's spark because..."
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"We want to refind the Valentine's spark because..."
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"In terms of the terrible loss that anyone will feel when they first become disabled, 18 months is no time at all to refind yourself and make the decision that life is pointless," she says.
Academic text (2009) -
The paradox consists of the fact that when we fall in love, we are seeking to refind all or some of the people to whom we were attached as children.
Academic text (1991) -
It's riddled with pain, divorce, heartbreak, turmoil, and having to reinvent and refind herself time and time again.
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After losing his keys, he had to refind them under the couch.
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When I misplaced my glasses, it took me a while to refind them in my bag.
Synonyms
Find again a place, skill, or interest you forgot
To find something again after you lost it
To get information again from a server or page
Antonyms
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Refind is formed from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the common verb find, so it simply means to 'find again' or to find something you have lost.